With ex-CM Gamang’s entry, BRS to contest all LS seats in Odisha

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS, formerly TRS) leader Akshaya Kumar on Sunday, said that the party has decided to field candidates in all 147 constituencies in Odisha in next year’s assembly election.
The party will also contest all the 21 Lok Sabha seats during the general election, scheduled to be held simultaneously with the Assembly polls.
“We will identify potential candidates for all the constituencies very soon. Many politicians from different parties are expected to join the BRS in the coming days and we will accordingly choose top leaders to contest in the 2024 elections,” said Akshaya Kumar while addressing the media.
The leader further added, “Our party is open to all. Whoever comes, we will welcome them into our fold.” This will be the first time that the KCR-led BRS will contest in Odisha.
This comes a week after former Odisha chief minister, Giridhar Gamang, alongside several others, quit the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) to join the BRS, which is eyeing to expand its party base, and has charged up the political atmosphere in the state.